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Broom

Ghost town · Lawrence County, Arkansas

Alicia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Alicia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Broom is a ghost town in Lawrence County, Arkansas. It is one of 4 former communities in Lawrence County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 69th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Broom as a historical populated place on the Alicia topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 35.9201° N, 91.1215° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAlicia
Elevation253 ft
Nearest living townAlicia, AR
Distance to it2.8 miles
GNIS feature ID61594
Coordinates35.92007, -91.12151

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Broom today, aerial view
Alicia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Alicia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Broom is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Alicia, AR (population 160), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 253 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Broom?

Broom is in Lawrence County, Arkansas, at 35.9201, -91.1215.

How many ghost towns are in Lawrence County?

Lawrence County, Arkansas has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.